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Welcome to Peter Lang – International Academic Publishers!

Peter Lang specializes in the Social Sciences and Humanities and covers the complete spectrum from monographs to student textbooks. The Peter Lang Publishing Group has its headquarters in Berne and Pieterlen, Switzerland, with publishing offices strategically located in Berne, Brussels, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Vienna and Warsaw.

The publishing program focuses on the following 12 core disciplines:

Economics & Management

Education and Pedagogy

English Language and Literatures

German Language and Literatures

History

Law

Linguistics

Media & Communication

Philosophy

Politics

Romance Languages and Literatures

Theology

The Peter Lang academic publishing group covers the complete range of topics in the Social Sciences and Humanities. For example: Cultural Studies, Fine Arts, Religion, Sociology, Psychology, Gender Studies and Black Diversity Studies.

You can order all our titles online, regardless of whether you want the print or the electronic format. From 2014, Peter Lang eBooks are available as EPUB and ePDF. Peter Lang also supports Open Access publishing.

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Peter Lang Children’s Trust sells Publishing Group to Management Team

The Peter Lang Academic Publishing Group is delighted to announce its new ownership. A
group of senior management and board members of the company have joined forces in a management
buyout deal. This exciting new development means that the future growth and direction
of the Group is now in the hands of its key members, allowing it to consolidate its reputation
for quality, to acquire new digital tools and to pursue its geographical expansion plans in
the Middle East and East Asia on a secure footing.

The Peter Lang Academic Publishing Group publishes 1,800 new titles each year in traditional
and digital formats, as well as Open Access and has an active back list of 55,000 plus titles.
For over 40 years it has consistently delivered on its mission of making academic research in
the humanities available worldwide. Through its five independent but complementary publishing
houses (Switzerland, Germany, USA, UK, Belgium) it provides local expertise to academics,
which is key in the humanities and social sciences.

The new management team are Claude Béglé (SymbioSwiss Sarl) as Chairman of the
Board, Kelly Shergill as CEO and Deputy Chairman of the Board, Vanessa Weber as CFO and
Abdurahman Kaymaz as Head of Warehouse and Logistics. All four have worked closely
together for several years and have a clear vision for the future of the Group.

The current owner is the Peter Lang Children’s Trust, based in the UK, which inherited
Mr Peter Lang’s estate on his death in 2001. Recently, the Trust have decided to focus on their
own field of expertise and after an intensive consultative process supported by the financial
advisor Affentranger Associates, www.aasa.com, a purchase agreement was signed. The
change in ownership will be fully effective by mid-2015.

Stuart Wilkins who led the process on behalf of the Trust states: “The Trust Board recognised
that their expertise is in the children's charity and they felt an obligation to the memory of
Peter Lang and the employees to find a ‘better strategic’ owner for the publishing business
that is more able to take the business forward. They see the MBO as an excellent opportunity
to achieve this aim.”

Claude Béglé, Chairman of the Board of Directors, confirms: “We have the firm intention
to develop Peter Lang further. We are convinced that good global Swiss companies
have a bright future, when they are based on quality. This is precisely the case for Peter Lang.
We are closely associated with the fast developments taking place in the academic world.”

Kelly Shergill, CEO and Deputy Chairman, adds: “Peter Lang is a ‘jewel’ in the publishing industry
that quietly yet solidly serves the requirements of academics worldwide. We are a major
supplier of content, in whatever form desired by the academic community and agile because
of our independence and size, placing the group at the forefront of a rapidly changing
industry.”

New and attractive eBook offers

Would you like to host on our server and access at any time the Peter Lang eBooks you have purchased?

Then ask us to set up IP access for you. This offers you the following benefits:

unrestricted access to your eBooks

unlimited number of authorised users

hosting by Peter Lang

no installation or other additional cost

Please bear in mind that you can only purchase eBooks with multi-user licences for IP access.

eBooks with multi-user licences You can purchase eBooks with multi-user licences for this purpose. eBooks with multi-user licences can be purchased through our online shop by ticking the corresponding option.eBooks packagesAs a library, you can compile your individual Pick & Choose Package from a selection of titles that we update on a daily basis.

The Peter Lang Children’s Trust is a grant-making charity in the UK providing
assistance and support for socially disadvantaged children. Its mission is to support
educational and social initiatives, financed with the profits from the Peter Lang
Publishing Group. For additional information, please visit the Peter Lang Children’s
Trust at: www.plct.org.uk